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John Campbell Wells (17 November 1936 – 11 January 1998) was an English actor, writer and satirist.
Jan 12, 1998 · John Wells, who co-wrote the \"Dear Bill\" letters in Private Eye, lampooning Denis Thatcher and Lady Thatcher, passed away in 1998. He was also a cabaret artist, a foreign language teacher and a translator of obscure German plays.
Jan 12, 1998 · John Wells was a versatile and influential member of the Satire movement in Britain, creating \"Mrs Wilson's Diary\" and \"Dear Bill\" in Private Eye. He also had a successful career as an actor, mimic and theatre director, working with Peter Cook, Joan Littlewood and others.
The Herald reports the death of John Wells, who co-wrote the Dear Bill letters and portrayed Denis Thatcher in a play and TV show. He was a former schoolmaster, a cabaret artist and a translator of opera and plays.
Satirist John Wells, best known for his caricatures of Denis Thatcher, has died from cancer at the age of 61. Mr Wells, who co-wrote Private Eye's 'Dear Bill' letters and also portrayed former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's husband on stage and television, was first diagnosed with lymphoma more than a decade ago but appeared to have ...
John Campbell Wells (17 November 1936 – 11 January 1998) was an English actor, writer and satirist. The son of a clergyman, Wells was born in Ashford, Kent in 1936. He was educated at Eastbourne College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford.
Jan 18, 1998 · John Wells, the British satirist who amused millions with his portrayal of Margaret Thatcher's husband as hen-pecked, golf-mad and gin-loving, died of cancer Sunday. He was 61. Wells, who suffered a recurrence last year of cancer diagnosed 10 years ago, died at his London home, said his brother-in-law, journalist Alexander Chancellor.
